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Interestingly enough, in a tech world mindset, I read 'despot'ification as 'de-spotiy'cation! and was a bit befuddled! ;)

See also the change of science grants being approved by political flunkies not peer review. Peer review isn’t perfect, but what gets funded based on greed is not ‘pure’ science. What needs to be researched won’t be. Bureaucracy is not in itself evil.

@masnick.com I really valued this piece, Mike. Very insightful, thanks for the word Despotification. Yet, its easy to imagine that the pursuit of an economic model for decentralized protocols and apos could again bend us toward surveillance ad tech. Rather than one big Facebook, a thousand […]

A signifier towards a possible evolution of (at least a part of) the Internet. We don’t all have to be chained into enshittified echo chambers for ever more. We can build the next phase too. Great piece.

Stellar piece, Mike

You should be proud. Great piece.

#Respect. The reasoning is profoundly compelling, germane, and understandable. The effort involved I can begin to imagine. Your pride in your work is amply deserved. That said I beg you to edit ✍️ the preamble to read: I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we are.

Thanks for writing this. It helps me see the next step.

Fantastic piece! Enjoyed reading and I'm a fan of Doctorow. 'Locked open' concept is great and I get the benefits of pushing power to the users to prevent enshit'n. How does this work in practice? Who gets funding to start these ventures? What mechanisms ensure their survival? Who's doing it now?